OXFORD — The home of the University of Mississippi has been named one of the nation’s top college towns. Livability.com ranks the city of Oxford No. 2 on its third-annual listing of top college towns. It was No. 9 on last year’s list and this year ranks right behind College Station, Texas, home of new [...] [...]
JACKSON — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP has been named a “Top 100 Group Firm” by the American Bar Association (ABA). Honorees are featured in the August issue of the ABA Journal. The “Top 100 Group Firm” honorees are local lawyers and firms that support the ABA’s efforts to promote and protect the profession and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 23,2012
Tags: health, health care, hispital, media, medicine, medikcal, rank, ranking, spine, spine surgery, surgery
FLOWOOD — River Oaks Hospital has received the nation’s second-highest ranking among hospitals performing spine discectomy, or the surgical removal of herniated discs that are pressing on a nerve or the spinal cord. River Oaks was also ranked 21st on the list of the nation’s top 25 hospitals in the area of spine fusion, a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 3,2012
Tags: associate degree, college degree, community college, degree, education, higher education, junior college, media, publication, rank, ranking
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has once again been named one of the top associate-degree producers in the nation, with more than 2,000 students receiving degrees in 2011. Community College Week ranked the college at No. 59 in the nation overall. MGCCC has been named in the top 100 nine times since 2002. It [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 25,2012
Tags: bank, banker, banking, finance, financial institution, magazine, media, rank, ranking, return on equity
PHILADELPHIA — The Citizens Bank has been named a Top 200 bank in the United States by U.S. Banker magazine for the third consecutive year. The rating is based on the past three years’ average return on equity, an industry standard which measures an institutions ability to create profitability based on its net worth and [...] [...]